Table 10.
Multivariate logistic regression of determinants of nonuse of health facility for delivery
| Predictor variables | OR | CI |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Higher | |||
| Respondent’s level of education | ||||
| None | 1 | |||
| Vocational training | 0.066 | 0.005 | 0.867 | 0.039* |
| Primary | 0.216 | 0.028 | 1.642 | 0.139 |
| Secondary | 0.089 | 0.013 | 0.594 | 0.012* |
| Tertiary | 0.078 | 0.011 | 0.567 | 0.012* |
| Spouse’s level of education | ||||
| None | 1 | |||
| Vocational training | 0.788 | 0.071 | 8.687 | 0.845 |
| Primary | 0.462 | 0.031 | 6.867 | 0.575 |
| Secondary | 2.371 | 0.333 | 16.89 | 0.389 |
| Tertiary | 1.937 | 0.252 | 14.882 | 0.525 |
| Human influence | ||||
| Husband | 1 | |||
| Mother | 2.533 | 1.011 | 6.346 | 0.047* |
| Mother-in-law | 1.499 | 0.312 | 7.213 | 0.614 |
| Other relatives | 2.161 | 0.651 | 7.177 | 0.208 |
| Friend | 4.544 | 0.943 | 21.898 | 0.059 |
| Spouse’s occupation | ||||
| Not currently working | 1 | |||
| Informal sector workers | 0.862 | 0.099 | 7.475 | 0.893 |
| Formal sector workers | 0.447 | 0.050 | 4.006 | 0.447 |
OR - Odds ratio; CI - Confidence interval. *P<0.05 is statistically significant